Qiydaar ReddickYesterday, a jury found Qiydaar Reddick guilty of the vicious attack in May last year that could put him behind bars for 25 years.
Reddick, 27, of Carroll Place, was convicted of first-degree rape, second-degree burglary and aggravated criminal contempt stemming from the May 18, 2009, assault at the victim’s New Brighton apartment — roughly two weeks after a judge issued a court order barring Reddick from communicating with his former girlfriend until 2014.
When the guilty verdicts were read yesterday, Reddick reacted angrily and had to be subdued by court officers. Jurors also acquitted Reddick of a count each of second-degree burglary and criminal contempt stemming from an incident at the woman’s apartment that allegedly occurred five days after the order of protection was issued.
Reddick faces up to 25 years in prison when Justice Robert J. Collini imposes sentence Oct. 20 in state Supreme Court, St. George.
His attorney, Mark J. Fonte, could not be reached for comment yesterday following the verdicts.
“This was a brutal attack by a violent criminal who will now spend a significant portion of his life behind bars,” District Attorney Daniel Donovan said, commending the “courageous victim who testified in front of a courtroom of strangers and relived the physical and psychological trauma she endured at the hands of this sexual predator.”
The victim, whose name is withheld, told jurors that during the first incident, on May 6 last year, Reddick kicked in her front door about 2 a.m., pushed her to the ground and yelled, “I’m going to [bleep] you up.”
Twelve days later, she testified, she was home with her cousin when Reddick again kicked the door open about 3:40 a.m., pulled a knife and ordered the cousin out of the apartment.
Reddick slashed the victim’s hand and thumb, then dragged her outside to a neighboring yard near a cellar door. He pulled down her pants and raped her, the victim testified. The cousin called 911, as did a neighbor who witnessed the attack.
The victim was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, where she underwent a rape kit examination. DNA lifted during the exam tied Reddick to the attack.
Reddick’s reaction to yesterday’s verdicts was in stark contrast to the smile on his face after a state Supreme Court, St. George, jury acquitted him of selling $40 worth of cocaine and marijuana to an undercover officer in November 2006.
Reddick said at the time he was living in Stockbridge, Ga., and was here visiting his mother and waiting to collect money he’d been awarded in a lawsuit when he was picked up on the drug charge.
Immediately following his acquittal, Reddick said he planned to return to Georgia that night, adding, “I’m not wasting no more time here.”
Assistant District Attorneys Karen Varriale and Kelly Carroll prosecuted the case.
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